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WCVB’s Jack Harper reports on the ceremony held to honor Officer Sean Collier and the rally to support the MIT Strong marathon team, which is raising funds for the Collier Memorial Fund.
WCVB’s Jack Harper reports on the ceremony held to honor Officer Sean Collier and the rally to support the MIT Strong marathon team, which is raising funds for the Collier Memorial Fund.
“During a remembrance ceremony at MIT, Officer Sean Collier is recalled as a young man with a kind heart, an adventurous spirit, spot-on instincts and someone with the willingness to help a stranger,” reports Sharman Sacchetti for FOX 25.
“On Friday, friends, family and residents of greater Boston came together to insist that Sean Collier, remembered as an outgoing and friendly MIT campus police officer, will not be forgotten,” writes Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery of the memorial ceremony held for Sean Collier.
Michael Muskal of the Los Angeles Times reports on MIT’s remembrance for Officer Sean Collier, as well as efforts to raise funds for the Collier Memorial Fund, which will pay for scholarships at MIT and at the Massachusetts Police Academy.
CBS reports on the ceremony held April 18 to honor Officer Sean Collier, as well as plans for a permanent memorial to be constructed in his memory.
“At a service on MIT’s North Quad — near where Collier was fatally shot, and where MIT will place a permanent memorial to him — MIT Police Chief John DiFava called Collier a ‘hero,’” reports WBUR’s Fred Thys about the memorial service commemorating Officer Sean Collier.
Josh Brogadir reports on the ceremony held to honor the life and legacy of Officer Sean Collier and MIT’s plans to honor Collier’s memory going forward for NECN. “The intersection of Vassar and Main will forever be Sean Collier Square, a way to remind generations of MIT students and the Cambridge community of this 27 year old who contributed so much,” Brogadir reports.
Boston Globe reporters Laura Crimaldi and John Ellement describe the tributes to Officer Collier during an April 18 ceremony. “Sean embodied the spirit of MIT and the students,’’ said [Sara] Ferry. “We are so grateful that he was part of lives at MIT. When Sean left us, love rushed in. Love will be Sean’s legacy at MIT.’’
NECN aired the complete ceremony honoring Officer Sean Collier live, and made available for viewing the full remarks of MIT Chief of Police John DiFava.
More than 1,600 people gathered at MIT for a remembrance ceremony in honor of Sean Collier on April 18, reports Daniel Lovering of Reuters.
Jason Keyser of the Associated Press previews a speech by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, delivered at a forum hosted by MIT's Center for Advanced Urbanism, an interdisciplinary think tank that focuses on big-scale urban design problems.